hi,
my g/f`s pc which is kinda old (3yearsold) and runs a 750MHz Athlon with 128Mb of SDRAM and WinXPpro. Recently it started crashing frequently and I noticed that the videocard`s cpu was very hot (a PCI videocard). I thought that it was time to change the videocard so i exchanged it with another one (a MAtrox-AGP videocard) and things actually got much better until yesteday when it crashed again. Now if I touch the processor of the "new" videocard again it feels very hot!! is this old Jetway mobo frying all my videocards?(even if they go on different slots? (PCI-AGP)). Probably it`s time to upgrade the mobo but her case has a 250Watts power supply, will it stand a new mobo running an AMD XP processor? do i need to change the power supply as well?
thank you

First thing: video cards get hot. That is why the most powerful ones have their own heatsink/fans on them. You may be able to add a heatsink or fan to this one or simply set up another fan to blow on it. Either would make more sense than a new mobo....

Your power supply would probably be fine for a new board, but if it is a brand name system, it may not be compatible with a new board...

Also try you PCI/AGP video cards on a friends pc, if ok then look at your mobo.

please check..whether you are having seperate fan or cooling unit for the video card...then did she overcloked the cpu..sometimes overcloking the cpu will make other componets also..to heat..

problem solved. I installed another motherboard and the pc is now ok. Her is probably defective. Oh, now she has 1 GHz athlon running smoothly with a cheapo 250W PS. I didn`t know it would resist one single day........